On February 26th, 2012, Trayvon Martin, a 17-year old African American, was shot and killed by George Zimmerman, a 33-year old white man. In response to this incident, a hashtag known as #BLACKLIVESMATTER, was created as a movement to stand up against violence and racism toward black people. Now, millions of organizations and individuals support the Black Lives Matter movement, hoping to promote change in the way black lives have been treated in America. The media has had the biggest impact on the movement from posting footage of some of the various police shootings, to broadcasting open discussions about the movement as a whole. There are so many ways that media outlets have spread awareness about the ongoing issues of police brutality. For
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This video is so significant in relation to the Black Lives matter movement because it uses imagery that directly addresses the police shootings and racial discrimination against blacks. In this video first you will see Beyonce sitting on top of a New Orleans police car in the middle of a flood, which according to the huffington post represents the aftermath of hurricane katrina. Then, you will see scenes where she and other women are dressed in likewise attire that African American Women wore after they were so called free from slavery but still persecuted. Also, there is a short clip of a man holding a newspaper with MLK on the front cover. One of the more powerful scenes showed a young boy dressed in a black hoodie dancing in front of a line of police. The boy is shown with his hands in their air and the police doing the same in response. Towards the end there 's a wall spray painted with the words “Stop Shooting Us.” This music video is a great form of media that did a decent job of educating the people about the racial acts of violence that have been brought up in the news …show more content…
For example, after reading the Washington Post I saw a comment that stated, “Yes, a disproportionate amount of black citizens are killed by our law enforcement officers in discharge of their duties - both black and white. But let 's be honest folks, that is because a disproportionate amount of our criminal class is black.” (Anonymous) So, Why are most of the comments from people who do not support the movement? The answer is simple. Those who read the post and make comments that go against the article are either upset or they don’t believe it is accurate and want their side of the story to be told. They want to convince people that this article is wrong and they are right.
Another pattern I noticed was that a lot of the articles include images of BLM protesters. Why do most images from this articles show people Protesting in streets? Black Lives Matter is a movement in which people do protest against racial discrimination towards Black lives. The more popular protests take place in the streets of various cities. During some of the protest people get arrested or even hurt. That’s when the News outlets come in and get the scoop on what happened and spread it to the
This video is so significant in relation to the Black Lives matter movement because it uses imagery that directly addresses the police shootings and racial discrimination against blacks. In this video first you will see Beyonce sitting on top of a New Orleans police car in the middle of a flood, which according to the huffington post represents the aftermath of hurricane katrina. Then, you will see scenes where she and other women are dressed in likewise attire that African American Women wore after they were so called free from slavery but still persecuted. Also, there is a short clip of a man holding a newspaper with MLK on the front cover. One of the more powerful scenes showed a young boy dressed in a black hoodie dancing in front of a line of police. The boy is shown with his hands in their air and the police doing the same in response. Towards the end there 's a wall spray painted with the words “Stop Shooting Us.” This music video is a great form of media that did a decent job of educating the people about the racial acts of violence that have been brought up in the news …show more content…
For example, after reading the Washington Post I saw a comment that stated, “Yes, a disproportionate amount of black citizens are killed by our law enforcement officers in discharge of their duties - both black and white. But let 's be honest folks, that is because a disproportionate amount of our criminal class is black.” (Anonymous) So, Why are most of the comments from people who do not support the movement? The answer is simple. Those who read the post and make comments that go against the article are either upset or they don’t believe it is accurate and want their side of the story to be told. They want to convince people that this article is wrong and they are right.
Another pattern I noticed was that a lot of the articles include images of BLM protesters. Why do most images from this articles show people Protesting in streets? Black Lives Matter is a movement in which people do protest against racial discrimination towards Black lives. The more popular protests take place in the streets of various cities. During some of the protest people get arrested or even hurt. That’s when the News outlets come in and get the scoop on what happened and spread it to the